In the Ruins of the Reich by Douglas Botting - 1985-05-02

Allen & Unwin, 1985. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Very Good.

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 05/02/1985. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1985-05-02. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.7979 in x 21.9833 in x 14.1892 in.

London England: George Allen & Unwin. Good/Good. 1985. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 004943036X Hardback Hardback.foxing to endpages FEP removed In the Ruins of the Reich.. On May 1945 the Nazis surrendered, brining the war in the West to an end. Hitler had committed suicide in his bunker only days before the fall of Berlin. Two huge Allied armies occupied the ruins of the once mighty Reich. Germany was prostrate, its population starving and its cities devasted, with millions of refugees flooding in from the East. This book tells of the extraordinary period that followed, until the drama of the Berlin airlift of 1948-9 and the formal division of Germany, the crucible of Europe, into two separate nations. While the German people eked out a stone-age existence in the rubble of caves and cellars, the occupying powers behaved like Imperial lords, punishing past crimes and perpetrating a few new ones of their own. This book is a portrait… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. 2.7979 in x 21.9833 in x 14.1892 in.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London England: George Allen & Unwin. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 004943036X Hardback Hardback. First Edition. In the Ruins of the Reich. Couple of small marks to inside cover from removal of old sellotape. On May 1945 the Nazis surrendered, brining the war in the West to an end. Hitler had committed suicide in his bunker only days before the fall of Berlin. Two huge Allied armies occupied the ruins of the once mighty Reich. Germany was prostrate, its population starving and its cities devasted, with millions of refugees flooding in from the East. This book tells of the extraordinary period that followed, until the drama of the Berlin airlift of 1948-9 and the formal division of Germany, the crucible of Europe, into two separate nations. While the German people eked out a stone-age existence in the rubble of caves and cellars, the occupying powers behaved like Imperial lords, punishing past crimes and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w contemporary scenic,photographic illustrated upper wrap (ruins of Dresden.),black+ red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edges brighter and cleaner without foxing; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright and clean, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-248pp [paginated] includes introduction, 13 chapters,b/w Third Reich map,12pp b/w contemporary photographs (24 total) between pp120/1,sources,a biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,and contents list/table.On 8 May 1945,the Nazis surrendered,bringing the war in the West to an… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean matt,wrap-around black background with a red-bordered,transposed contemporary b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj [ruins of Dresden],with red-Gothic-lettered title to a grey panel and capitalised black-lettered author name within same;; black spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front in a smaller panel at head, and publisher's capitalised, white lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with same single line red border with white-lettered contemporary graffiti epigram (Berlin,March 1945: Enjoy the war - the peace is going to be terrible.') Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own… Read More